My mom will be 84 this summer—and while there are few recipes she has the energy to pull together, she’s still making these Cottage Cheese Muffins. When cottage cheese is on sale she scoops up three containers. The only thing these Cottage Cheese Muffins have in common with muffins is that they are formed in…

Can you imagine 15 x 19-inch cookie? Neither could I until I had a ball of Nutella dough sitting in my palm. Why fiddle with numerous tiny balls of dough when you can simply roll out one giant cookie and call it a peaceful day? Giant Nutella Pecan Pizza Cookie 1 c Nutella 10 T…

Do you ever wonder about questionnaires and what they really reveal? If you want a window into people’s thoughts, the Proust’s Questionnaire is a good place to start. You can even find out which celebrities you most resemble on Vanity Fair’s version of the Proust Questionnaire. I’m practically one with Jane Goodall and quite in synch with Ray Charles….

Esteemed neurologist, Dr. Jeffry Minuk, gave a stroke prevention and risk factors talk this week for the CSSS Cavendish and offered a few surprises amongst the usual precautionary warnings: Are you or have you ever been a smoker? Two years after stopping, you’ll have a substantial decreased risk of stroke; five years later, your risk will be the…

Are you tired of stealing Halloween chocolate from your children’s booty after a hard night of trick or treating? Do you feel guilty eating up the treats you bought to distribute, then turning away neighbourhood kids empty-handed? If you’ve answered yes to either of these questions, then you need to make a little time in…

As a child, I found cooking completely uninteresting. However, there was one little recipe that was easy enough to cobble together, whimsical enough to hold my attention and satisfying enough to warrant the effort. Bird’s Nest Cookies are perfect starter cookies to bring out the baking-cooking spirit in reluctant budding chefs. Just a little note of warning—you…